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fully healthy.”
     
    Jax sent a call to her friends in the alley, asking those who were able to help to step to her. Both she and Kintaq had to blink away the mist in their eyes from the bravery and selflessness of the various cats, dogs, rats and birds in the alley as they all tried to take a step towards Jax.
     
    “That won’t work. Give my team and me ten minutes.” Kintaq said as he called his team into the alley and began working on the first dog he came to.
     
    Jax headed back to where Reven was now surrounded by Crator and Bree, who were smiling at the tiny puppy in his arms. “Kintaq says we have ten minutes before we can send them out to look for the girls. So far, the birds and the other teams have had no luck.”
     
    Reven sighed as he looked down at the adorable button nose on the black and tan face of the puppy. “We need to get out there and start looking for them. Will he be ok with Kintaq until we get back?” Reven asked Jax worriedly.
     
    “Kintaq and his team are the best I’ve ever dealt with; he couldn’t be safer.” Jax assured him, kind of piqued that he hadn’t looked at her once since she walked over to them.
     
    Normally, all he ever did was stare at her, this time he only had eyes for the little ball of fur snuggled up to that solid, beautiful chest of his, Jax thought with a sigh.  
     
    Kintaq crossed the parking lot to them. “We’ve got seven dogs and twelve cats ready to go. The others will take much longer and some we will have to take back with us. Let me take the little one while you head out. Grai put us up at the motel down the road from yours so you can pick him up later.” Kintaq said holding his hands out for the puppy still cuddled up to Reven.
     
    Reven looked at Kintaq warily for a moment, unsure if he wanted to give the little guy over to him. It was the thought of the little girls, and the fact that the puppy needed food and medical care that finally decided for him.
     
    He gently and slowly pulled the sleeping puppy away from his chest as he stared at Kintaq with narrowed eyes. “I will pick him up from you when we are done. Tell me how he is doing when you know. And how big he will be, so I can choose a proper name for him.”
     
    Reven waited until Kintaq nodded his head with a smile before finally handing the puppy over to him. He almost snatched him back immediately when the puppy cried slightly before falling back into an exhausted sleep.
     
    “He’s going to be fine. You go find the little girls.” Kintaq said as he gently rubbed the puppy in his sleep.
     
    Jax turned to the dogs and cats that hadn’t required extensive medical care and explained what they were looking for. Without any promise of affection or more food or even good homes, every one of the selfless animals took off to scour the city for a pair of human children in danger.
     
    Jax blinked back tears at the compassion and love these animals still had for humans after all the cruelty, neglect and horrible abuse they had suffered. She flinched at the sudden hand on her shoulder.
     
    “We’ll take them all to Dillon if we have to. Every damn one of them. They don’t deserve this.” Reven growled lowly before he walked away.
     
    Although the physical contact had been brief, it had been long enough for her to feel the anger and compassion he had for the animals in the alley, and it stunned her. She had always thought he hated her animals, but here he was adopting an orphan puppy and promising to save all of them.
     
    Shaking her head in confusion, Jax followed him to where Crator and Bree were waiting for her. She didn’t have time to think about the perplexing man right now; she thought. They had two little girls to find. She turned to her team, her tough warrior side taking over.
     
    “All right, we stick with the original plan. Teams of two, one team west, the other east. We’ve lost an hour with the animals, so we need to go double time to cover the ground we need to go